Hey guys. My honda accord LX 2.2L MT wouldnt't start for like an hour then it suddenly started. While driving, I came to a light and the car shut off on me. Cranked it a few times and it wouldn't start. It has started since then but the problem persist. A mechanic told me that I need the distibutor changed and what I was wondering is if I can just change the rotor and cap and get away with it. Not trying to be cheap or anything but wouldn't those two parts cause the problem? And the distibutor itself is just what turns the rotor right or am I wrong. but if i'm right then I would only need to change the worn rotor and cap. Am I correct???

 

The cap and rotor are maintenance items. I would use OEM parts.

The distributor has three sensors inside and also the ignitor. If a sensor was bad, the check engine light should have turned on.

 

Thanks. so there would be no reason to change the whole distributor if there is no light on? only regular maintenance is neede by changing the cap and rotor?

 

The cap and the rotor are the two maintenance items on the distributor. The sensors should give an error code if they are bad.

The ignitor can fail and not cause the check engine light to turn on. You would need to do some troubleshooting before you would replace that.

 

What ended up being the culprit for this issue, I am trying to work something similar in regards to a starting issue. Thanks for any info you have.